U2 are set to take part in A Night For Christy concert next week with a live link-up from their studio in New York.

The fellow Dublin north-side band will perform This Is during the gig which takes place in Dublin’s Olympia on June 21st and is being streamed live to 100 venues worldwide.

Paul Brady, Shane MacGowan, Christy’s daughter Kiera Dignam, and Mary Black are among the many artists already announced for the event which is being held as a tribute to Aslan frontman Christy Dignam who is currently recuperating after treatment for cancer.